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‘Teachers can only ever have a small impact on their students’ results - yet they are judged as if they are 100% responsible’
It’s wrong to judge teachers purely on the outcomes of their students – there’s actually very little evidence to suggest that a teacher’s performance heavily influences exam results, writes one history teacher
9 December 2017
‘Ofsted seems to think schools can be both a well-oiled exam factory and a version of Hogwarts’
One experienced teacher gently picks apart Ofsted chief inspector Amanda Spielman’s recent report on the curriculum
14 October 2017
‘As teachers recover from GCSE results, now is the right time to remind ourselves why we teach’
All teachers must remember why they teach. But, even better than that, their bosses should help them remember, too
28 August 2017
Results day: ‘When everyone forgets that it was the student who sat the exam - not the teacher’
Students who get disappointing results still walk away looking to the future – but their teachers have to suffer the consequences for months to come, writes one teacher
17 August 2017
‘The glaring inequalities present in our inspection system should not be ignored’
Following a recent High Court ruling, school leaders on the wrong end of an Ofsted judgement should consider a legal challenge, argues Thomas Rogers
14 August 2017
‘Strict or sympathetic? There’s more than one way for teachers to relate to their students’
Some teachers build long-term emotional bonds, others are more distant and disciplinarian. Both can work
22 July 2017
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